Box or carton



W. BRUNNER BOX OR CARTON July 24, 1934.

Filed Dec. 24 1952 or depth of the container.

Patented July 24, 1934 box-"on CARTON? I V 1 we 'ohio ;:;;,"ApplicationDecember 24, .1932, 648,791

2 Claims. (crew-us) The present invention relates to improvements inboxes or cartons and particularly those constructed from fiber or paperboard.

It is common practice in the art to which the U present inventionrelates where the packaged articles are intended to be separated fromeach other and occupy individual cells, to arrange within the box orcarton a plurality of partitions, said partitions extending the fullheight This procedure is followed in packaging bottles and the likearticles.

An object of the present invention is the provision of means whereby theheight of the partitions may be greatly decreased without adversely 16.affecting their efficiency as separators for the packaged articles. Bydecreasing the height of these partitions a very material cost reductionis effected and removal of the articles, such as bottles, isfacilitated.

Another object is the provision of novel means whereby the partitionsalthough of less height than the carton or box are secured against suchmovement as would allow contact between any portions of the packagedarticles, such as bottles in adjacent cells. To this end verticalspacers which may well be formed by downturned outer ends'of two coverflaps, are interposed between the upper ends of certain partitions andthe cover, said spacers being of a height corre- 3 spending to thedifference in height between the partitions and carton. By forming thesespacers as just pointed out, rigidity of the carton and resistance tocrushing, when they are piled or stacked one upon another, are greatlyincreased. 355 Other objects will be in part apparent and in partpointed out hereinafter.

In the drawing: Fig. 1 is a sectional elevational view takensubstantially along the line I--I of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the flaps positioned as illustrated inFig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially along the lineIII-III of Fig. 1.

, Fig. 4 is a side elevational view with parts broken away and insection showing three sealed cartons stacked one upon the other andillustrating the function of the end flap.

While the invention is shown embodied in a box or carton constructedfrom fiber or paper board, it is obviously equally well adapted for usein connection with other forms of containers. The carton C embodying thepresent invention is of conventional form consisting of pairs of opposedside and end walls 5 and 6 respectively, a bottom 7 and a cover 8, thelatter including a pair of opposed longitudinal flaps 9, and a pair oftransverse end flaps 10. Within the carton, vertical partitions 11 ofconventional form pro- Vide a plurality of separate cells 12 toaccommodate the articles being packed. These partitions include aplurality of longitudinal vertically disposed strips 13 havingdownwardly facing notches 14 into which portions of the transversestrips 15 extend. The above construction is standard and well-known.

A feature of novelty consists in materially reducing the height of thepartition with respect to the depth of the carton, the extent thereof,for example, being sufiicient to terminate the upper ends of the strips13 and 15 substantially at the shoulders of bottles or similar articlesbeing packed.

In order that such reduction in the height of the partitions will notresult in the shifting of these partitions during handling of thecartons with resultant rubbing contact between the lower portions of thebottles or jars, these partitions are secured against movement in thedirection of the length of the bottles by placing vertical spacers 16between the upper ends of the partitions and cover. One specific form ofthese spacers which extend transversely of the carton between adjacenttransverse rows of the bottles may take the form of a downturned outerend on each end flap 10 of the cover. A score line 17 extendinglengthwise of each end flap a distance from the outer end thereofcorresponding to the difference in height between the partitions andwalls of the carton determines the point of bending of the flap for thepurpose stated above.

In packaging bottles or the like in a carton of the above character, allof the cells 12 are filled, the two end flaps 10 are folded inwardly,and the spacers 16 constituting those portions of the flaps outwardlybeyond the score lines 17, are projected downwardly between twotransverse rows of bottles and brought to rest upon the upper margins ofthe longitudinal partition strips 13. The longitudinal side flaps 9 arethen folded inwardly and secured together by a sealing strip of 100paper 18, or otherwise. As a result of this construction and assembly,the partitions 11 are secured against movement in the carton and inaddition the rigidity of the entire package is increased so that itoffers unusual resistance to 105 crushing or distortion in handling andstacking.

In this latter respect it will be observed in Fig. 4 that the abovedescribed folding of the end flaps will greatly strengthen the structureand contribute materially in resisting external'pressure which wouldordinarily seriously distort the box structure.

Modifications may be resorted to within the spirit and scope of theappended claims.

What I claim is:

l. A carton consisting of a bottom, pairs of opposed side and end wallsrising therefrom, a closure consisting of pairs of opposed flaps,partitions arranged within the carton to provide article-accommodatingcells, said partitions resting upon the bottom and terminating short ofthe upper end of the carton, and means consti tuting a part of certainof the flaps for holding the partitions against movement when the cartonis sealed, said means comprising spacers formed by bending a portion ofthe outer end of a pair of opposed flaps vertically downward inhorizontal spaced relation into engagement with the upper margin of thepartitions and between adjacent rows of articles arranged in the cells.

downward in horizontal spaced relation to each other into engagementwith the upper margin of the partitions between adjacent rows ofarticles arranged in the cells and in longitudinal alignment withcertain of the partition walls.

WILLIAM BRUNNER.

